Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

I was being modest; I read only the first couple of paragraphs from the platform, Senator Brown, but I am happy to inform you of the rest of the platform. It says:

126          Labor will encourage the growth of Australia Post’s services and extend the scope of Australia Post’s community service obligations, where appropriate, to ensure equitable access to a full range of postal services for all Australians, including financial and bill paying services.

127          Labor will ensure that Australia Post continues to maintain appropriate coverage of post office and post box outlets throughout Australia. Labor will ensure that the present Australia Post corporate retail outlets remain publicly owned and operated and that the current ownership mix will be maintained.

There is more but I am not sure how much more categorical the platform or I could be on this matter. The prospects for Australia Post into the coming year are like the rest of the economy; revenues are being affected by the downturn. We would anticipate a reduced dividend and profit from this year— (Time expired)